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the act was known as fisa. it forced the government to get permission from a special fisa court if, for example, they were tapping the phone of foreign agent and that guy happened to call an american. in the u.s., you need a warrant for that. president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time, we had a huge fight about it. it was a major issue in the 2004 presidential campaign when president bush and john kerry. in the 2008 democratic primary, then senators clinton and obama, they fought about it. they even ended up voting on opposite sides of the issue when it came up fo
the act was known as fisa. it forced the government to get permission from a special fisa court if, for example, they were tapping the phone of foreign agent and that guy happened to call an american. in the u.s., you need a warrant for that. president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished...
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the act was known as fisa. it forced the government to get permission from a special fisa court if, for example, they were tapping the phone of foreign agent and that guy happened to call an american. in the u.s., you need a warrant for that. president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time, we had a huge fight about it. it was a major issue in the 2004 presidential campaign when president bush and john kerry. in the 2008 democratic primary, then senators clinton and obama, they fought about it. they even ended up voting on opposite sides of the issue when it came up fo
the act was known as fisa. it forced the government to get permission from a special fisa court if, for example, they were tapping the phone of foreign agent and that guy happened to call an american. in the u.s., you need a warrant for that. president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished...
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fisa. whether this number is large or small, i believe we must enforce meaningful protections for circumstances when the government searches through its database of captured communications looking for information on individual american citizens. otherwise, by means of these so-called backdoor searches, the government may conduct significant warrantless surveillance of american persons. i believe this current practice is inconsistent with core fourth amendment privacy protections and needs to be reformed. during consideration of fisa in the judiciary committee, senator durbin and i introduced a bipartisan amendment to address this very problem. the language of our amendment is identical to that offered by senators wyden and udall during consideration of fisa by the select committee on intelligence. the amendment clarifies that section 702 does not permit the government to search its data base of fisa materials to identify communications of a particular united states person. in effect, it wou
fisa. whether this number is large or small, i believe we must enforce meaningful protections for circumstances when the government searches through its database of captured communications looking for information on individual american citizens. otherwise, by means of these so-called backdoor searches, the government may conduct significant warrantless surveillance of american persons. i believe this current practice is inconsistent with core fourth amendment privacy protections and needs to be...
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the fisa amendments act gives the u.s. government the authority to collect intelligence information about foreigners located outside of the united states. the fisa amendments act is subject to aggressive oversight by congress and the executive branch. there was an issue in the hearing before the judiciary hearing about the issue of oversight. in this congress alone, the house intelligence committee has held multiple hearings, breechings and more than a dozen meetings concerning fisa. in addition, every 60 days the department of justice and the director of national intelligence conduct detailed onsite reviews to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act. this is a bipartisan bill that passed out of the house intelligence committee by the unanimous vote of 17-0. i understand some democrats would like a three-year extension of the fisa amendments act. some republicans requested a nine-year extension. the administration asked for a five-year extension to take the presidential year politics out of the process while also
the fisa amendments act gives the u.s. government the authority to collect intelligence information about foreigners located outside of the united states. the fisa amendments act is subject to aggressive oversight by congress and the executive branch. there was an issue in the hearing before the judiciary hearing about the issue of oversight. in this congress alone, the house intelligence committee has held multiple hearings, breechings and more than a dozen meetings concerning fisa. in...
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next, the house on fisa. the head of the consumer financial protection bureau was named director of the bureau in january. you can watch him live on c- span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >> 95,000 -- almost 400,000 people dropped out of the work force altogether. it is on a national. >> after producing -- after losing around a hundred thousand when i got intot office, we have produced more jobs. >> domestic policy, including jobs, will be the topic of the first debate. foreign policy will be the focus of the final debate, monday, the 22nd. through election day, we will cover key house and senate. follow us live on c-span t.org. >> i like "washington journal." it may be the last version of unfiltered news on the air. "washington journal" is good because i like the range of questions the hostess asked and the inclusion of callers. i am baffled that other networks do not take your example. it is a wonderful program. when you cover congress, that is unfiltered terrorism. that is telling you exactly what happened.
next, the house on fisa. the head of the consumer financial protection bureau was named director of the bureau in january. you can watch him live on c- span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >> 95,000 -- almost 400,000 people dropped out of the work force altogether. it is on a national. >> after producing -- after losing around a hundred thousand when i got intot office, we have produced more jobs. >> domestic policy, including jobs, will be the topic of the first debate. foreign...
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the fisa amendments act gives the u.s. government the authority to collect intelligence information about foreigners located outside of the united states. the fisa amendments act is subject to aggressive oversight by congress and the executive branch. there was an issue in the hearing before the judiciary hearing about the issue of oversight. in this congress alone, the house intellence committee has held multiple hearings, breechings and more than a dozen meetings concerning fisa. in addition, every 60 days the department of juste and the director of national intelligence conduct detailed onsite reviews to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act. this is a bipartisan bill that passed out of the house intelligence committee by the unanimous vote of 17-0. i understand some democrats would like a three-year extension of the fisa amendments act. some republicans requested a nine-year extension. the administration asked for a five-year extension to take the presidential year politics out of the process while also prov
the fisa amendments act gives the u.s. government the authority to collect intelligence information about foreigners located outside of the united states. the fisa amendments act is subject to aggressive oversight by congress and the executive branch. there was an issue in the hearing before the judiciary hearing about the issue of oversight. in this congress alone, the house intellence committee has held multiple hearings, breechings and more than a dozen meetings concerning fisa. in addition,...
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fisa context. and in 2008 that changed. and what it said is that if an american becomes involved in a fisa investigation where their name comes up, the information comes up, that it has to be minimized and then they have to go to a federal judge and the fisa court to get an authorization to do what they need to do as it relates to a warrant to receive and recover that information. . what the president has asked is that we just continue to do what we did from 2008. the protections that were put in place for american citizens that were not there prior to 2008 is to be extended. that's the intent of the re-authorization act of the f.a.a. i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: congress will soon leave town again for a long district work period. we believe it's essential that before we go home we must extend tax cuts for the middle class. if we defeat the previous question here today we'll amend the rule to say that congress needs t
fisa context. and in 2008 that changed. and what it said is that if an american becomes involved in a fisa investigation where their name comes up, the information comes up, that it has to be minimized and then they have to go to a federal judge and the fisa court to get an authorization to do what they need to do as it relates to a warrant to receive and recover that information. . what the president has asked is that we just continue to do what we did from 2008. the protections that were put...
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we relied heavily on their version of fisa material for our prosecution. they had some excellent evidence up there. they've been all over this very same group. so i think they are very much on top of hezbollah and the threat with hezbollah. there's regular contact with them and our domestic intelligence services and, of course, the agency. so i don't think there's any doubt that canada is very much attuned to the threat posed by hezbollah and the border crossings. but as mike pointed out, the leakiest border is the southwest border. there's no doubt about that. and that's where most of the drugs are coming across. that's where the well established routes are. and you can -- there are well established trade craft, concealments and that sort of thing. we can go through a whole hearing about how well they can hide material coming across the southwest border. >> and again, i'm very at tuned to the attention we give to the southwest board, and it's deserved. but i'm also concerned we neglect -- it's hard to say -- we had the lackawanna six case in my community.
we relied heavily on their version of fisa material for our prosecution. they had some excellent evidence up there. they've been all over this very same group. so i think they are very much on top of hezbollah and the threat with hezbollah. there's regular contact with them and our domestic intelligence services and, of course, the agency. so i don't think there's any doubt that canada is very much attuned to the threat posed by hezbollah and the border crossings. but as mike pointed out, the...
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. >> we want to ask about another bill, the fisa bill. we're going to go to break and come back to congress member dennis kucinich who served eight terms in congress. this is his last week as a member of congress. this is "democracy now!" back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> she died wednesday at the age of 72 after complications from heart attack. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> while the so-called fiscal cliff has dominated the news headlines, the senate is preparing to vote today to continue a controversial domestic surveillance program. in a blow to civil liberties advocate, the senate rejected three attempts thursday to add oversight and privacy safeguards to the foreign intelligence surveillance act. >> dennis kucinich is still with us, outgoing democratic congress member. this will be his last week in congress -- at least for this term of his political life. congressmember kucinich, the issue of fisa. what is this bill and what does it mean? >> what it r
. >> we want to ask about another bill, the fisa bill. we're going to go to break and come back to congress member dennis kucinich who served eight terms in congress. this is his last week as a member of congress. this is "democracy now!" back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> she died wednesday at the age of 72 after complications from heart attack. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >>...
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performance of the moment it is his famous snow show which he travels around the world with the names of the fisa classics the treasure of century. and the suppression by this of the famous russian tame is best known for the film this is i guess lions and god and assholes a passion come from the old family a circus also has they founded their own sex company and stage a seasonal shows featuring not only that famous stunt simple minds but also focuses on cannibals. that little show in moscow is...
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fisa has rebuffed the request by a ranking member cummings of the department of justice and to clear the need for legislation to fight illegal gun trafficking along the southwest border including the request for a hearing on the topic, just a hearing. and the chairman also demanded that the department of justice produce a wiretap applications that would order field. >> the time is expired i would ask an animus consent the gentlelady have an additional 30 seconds. >> i must say to you mr. chairman, i am offended personally by you calling the attorney general a lawyer and it is extremely disrespectful and attacking to our public servant and you've called me a lawyer. you apologized leader and i accepted. but where have we degenerated to in calling names, not having hearings on meaningful reform, not acting on reform but merely degenerating to attacking people and moving forward with paperwork that is unwarranted, unfair and violates fall to the united states of america. >> i thank the gentle lady. the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman for
fisa has rebuffed the request by a ranking member cummings of the department of justice and to clear the need for legislation to fight illegal gun trafficking along the southwest border including the request for a hearing on the topic, just a hearing. and the chairman also demanded that the department of justice produce a wiretap applications that would order field. >> the time is expired i would ask an animus consent the gentlelady have an additional 30 seconds. >> i must say to...
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overseas and that was not the intent of fisa. the intelligence surveillance act the amendment act, the fisa amendments act of 2008, what it did was to set government is trying to surveilled someone overseas and they have reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not in the night they think don't have to go to the court to give special commission -- permission to use that surveillance. that is what was radically different from the 2008 statute, to allow the government to go forward with medication surveillance. number of people having to get special permission for each and every communication. the problem of course is people like the plaintiffs in this case, that meant their communications might get swept up as well even though they were in the united states because they were communicating with someone outside of the state and they would get picked up in the surveillance is. the merits will be thought out maybe some day but there are a couple of questions here as to whether not there is a -- to the work climate in th
overseas and that was not the intent of fisa. the intelligence surveillance act the amendment act, the fisa amendments act of 2008, what it did was to set government is trying to surveilled someone overseas and they have reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not in the night they think don't have to go to the court to give special commission -- permission to use that surveillance. that is what was radically different from the 2008 statute, to allow the government to go forward...
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that was not the intent of fisa originally. the amendment of 2008 was meant to address that problem. what it did was say that if the government is trying to surveil somebody overseas and they have a reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not in the united states, they do not have to go to the court for a particular provision. that was what was different about the 2008 statute, because it allowed the government to go forward with communications surveillance for a number of people without having to get special permission for each and every communication. the problem is that for people like the plaintiffs in this case, that meant their communications might get swept up as well, even though they were in the united states by merit of communicating with somebody out there. the merits will be fought out someday, but a couple questions here as to whether or not there is a foreign intelligence exception to the requirement, and the fisa court found that there is. the supreme court has not ruled on that, whether this comm
that was not the intent of fisa originally. the amendment of 2008 was meant to address that problem. what it did was say that if the government is trying to surveil somebody overseas and they have a reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not in the united states, they do not have to go to the court for a particular provision. that was what was different about the 2008 statute, because it allowed the government to go forward with communications surveillance for a number of...
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that was not the intent of fisa originally. the amendments at of 2008 was meant to address that problem. what it did was say that if the government is trying to surveil somebody overseas and they have a reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not end the united states, they do not have to go to the court for a particular provision. that was what was different about the 2008 statute, because it allowed the government to go forward with communications surveillance for a number of people without having to get special permission for each and every communication. the problem is that for people like the plaintiffs in this case, that meant their communications might get swept up as well, even though they were in the united states by merit of communicating with somebody out there. the merits will be fought out sunday, but a couple questions here as to but were not there is a foreign intelligence exception to the requirement, and the fisa court found that there is. the supreme court has not ruled on that, and whether thi
that was not the intent of fisa originally. the amendments at of 2008 was meant to address that problem. what it did was say that if the government is trying to surveil somebody overseas and they have a reasonable basis to believe that person is overseas and not end the united states, they do not have to go to the court for a particular provision. that was what was different about the 2008 statute, because it allowed the government to go forward with communications surveillance for a number of...
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i mentioned the fact that fisa is going to expire at end of this year. how important is it that we continue those amendments and should we seek to improve them in anyway? >> we have seen over the last several days with regard to the ied that terrorism should be, is and should be our number one priority in the number one priority of a number of our agencies. the amendments that are up for passage again, they are essential in our efforts to address this threat. not only us, the fbi has access to information that enables us to identify persons within the united states and without the united states that would put us -- and our intelligence agencies to operate overseas to pull in this information so that we can put together the information we need to prevent attacks. it is essential in remains essential. >> if you can think of any way we can improve it, that would be helpful as well. i appreciate that. let me go to the next subject, the crisis we have all along our southern border. i know you are as aware of that as anyone. as an example, last week there were
i mentioned the fact that fisa is going to expire at end of this year. how important is it that we continue those amendments and should we seek to improve them in anyway? >> we have seen over the last several days with regard to the ied that terrorism should be, is and should be our number one priority in the number one priority of a number of our agencies. the amendments that are up for passage again, they are essential in our efforts to address this threat. not only us, the fbi has...
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fisa, mr. president, this is an important piece of legislation. imperfect as it is, it is what is necessary to help us be protected from the evil that's in the world. we have to complete this before we leave here this week. today's tuesday. so everyone else can do the math just as well as i can about how many days are left. so i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by me after consultation with senator mcconnell, the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 463, s. 3276, that the only first-degree amendments in order to the bill be the following, judiciary committee reported substitute, leahy sunset, leahy oversight, wyden public report,, wiendz back door searches, and merkley which is about declassification of fisa court opinions. that there be an hour of debate equally divided and controlled between the opponents and proponents on each amendment, that there be up two two hours of debate on the bill equally divided between the proponents and opponents, upon the use or yielding back of that time, the senate proceed t
fisa, mr. president, this is an important piece of legislation. imperfect as it is, it is what is necessary to help us be protected from the evil that's in the world. we have to complete this before we leave here this week. today's tuesday. so everyone else can do the math just as well as i can about how many days are left. so i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by me after consultation with senator mcconnell, the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 463,...
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applications, i understand the restrictions when a fisa is out there like in this particular case with mr. awlaki. i think that may have had babe something to do -- maybe something to do as to why, and there's so much apprehension when you get in the fisa world -- >> uh-huh. >> -- and so many restrictions, legal restrictions that that may have been counterproductive and may have gotten in the way of these department of defense employees or officials sharing this information with fort hood which is something that the ranking member and i would like to maybe look at jointly as to how we can if we have to reform it or somehow just have some sort of reporting language that would clarify that that can be shared. i can't imagine why if the federal government has this information within its hands, it can't share it with the united states army, united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony and with that, i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the
applications, i understand the restrictions when a fisa is out there like in this particular case with mr. awlaki. i think that may have had babe something to do -- maybe something to do as to why, and there's so much apprehension when you get in the fisa world -- >> uh-huh. >> -- and so many restrictions, legal restrictions that that may have been counterproductive and may have gotten in the way of these department of defense employees or officials sharing this information with...
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the challenge we have, and this is the biggest question, when we fis we fisa and -- when we talk fisa and bombing attacks, they have the ability to adapt more quickly. technology evolves. i mean, right now we are taking an e-mail, twitter, people calling in. three of those mechanisms of communication alone. if you add to the other dynamics of dynamicsand out of bluetooto intercepted communications as dynamically as the adversaries can use them against us. host: i deleted the technologies? guest: you decide. if you see something in "wired magazine" -- terrorist to the same thing. we need to put the technology to use. let us focus on that for a moment. if you look at the supply chain of technology coming into the intelligence community and how we have to adapt that, how did you do it? you have to test it. exploited. procuress. if you look at tsa alone, they do not have the record procurement capability that the dod has. contrast that with afghanistan and how quickly the dod able to push technology -- to put technology on the front line. the entire force protection approach, try to put t
the challenge we have, and this is the biggest question, when we fis we fisa and -- when we talk fisa and bombing attacks, they have the ability to adapt more quickly. technology evolves. i mean, right now we are taking an e-mail, twitter, people calling in. three of those mechanisms of communication alone. if you add to the other dynamics of dynamicsand out of bluetooto intercepted communications as dynamically as the adversaries can use them against us. host: i deleted the technologies?...
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the fisa court is made up of 1100 judges who do moonlighting who in reality almost always approve the requests from the doj. >>> a woman in texas watched over video conference as her army officer h husband died in afghanistan. it happened monday. nobody is saying yet how he died, just that he was video chatting with his wife over skype at the time. >> he was serving his country. he was absolutely willing to make any sacrifice. and it is just horrible that this is the sacrifice he ends up making. >> the soldier's name is bruce. clarks have. he was an army chief clark. he was 43 years old. >>> mitt romney and rick santorum fought each other for the gop nomination before santorum suspended his campaign and today they had a closed door meeting. a live report on that next. >>> plus, dangerous flooding leaves some drivers stranded and others climbing on top of semis just to escape the rising water. details, ahead. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value pla
the fisa court is made up of 1100 judges who do moonlighting who in reality almost always approve the requests from the doj. >>> a woman in texas watched over video conference as her army officer h husband died in afghanistan. it happened monday. nobody is saying yet how he died, just that he was video chatting with his wife over skype at the time. >> he was serving his country. he was absolutely willing to make any sacrifice. and it is just horrible that this is the sacrifice he...
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fisa has certainly shown that with a sunset, it allows the flexibility to adapt to new issues that arise and stay current in its processes to deal with cybersecurity. we believe a five-year sunset would be the right time to get this going, set things in place, see what works and see what needs to be adjusted. i'm hopeful that my colleagues and i can come to a compromise on this critical issue. we want a strong cybersecurity bill. we want one that can pass both houses. the five points that i have laid out could get us to a bill that will significantly take the steps to improve our nation's cybersecurity. mr. president, i would just like to read a couple of excerpts from a heritage -- the heritage foundation's views of the bill that is before us today. cybersecurity legislation will likely be taken up by the senate tomorrow" -- this was written yesterday. "regrettably, the idea that we just need to do something about cybersecurity seems to be trumping the view that we need to do it right. the cybersecurity act of 2012, authored by senators lieberman and collins, seeks to solve our cybersec
fisa has certainly shown that with a sunset, it allows the flexibility to adapt to new issues that arise and stay current in its processes to deal with cybersecurity. we believe a five-year sunset would be the right time to get this going, set things in place, see what works and see what needs to be adjusted. i'm hopeful that my colleagues and i can come to a compromise on this critical issue. we want a strong cybersecurity bill. we want one that can pass both houses. the five points that i...
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intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. we're always considering whether there are changes that could be made to improve the law but our first priority is reauthorization of these authorities in their current form. we look forward to working with you to insure the speedy enactment of legislation reauthorizing the fisa amendments act so there is no interrupgs in our ability to use these authorities to protect the american people. so i will end this brief statement where i began. the fiscal environment we face as a nation and in our intelligence community will require careful identification and management of the challenges of the ic focuses on and the risk that we must mutually assume. with that i thank you and the members of this committee for your dedication to the security of our nation, your support for our men and women of the intelligence community and for your attention today. as my colleagues and i look forward to your questions and our discussion. thank you. >> thank
intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. we're always considering whether there are changes that could be made to improve the law but our first priority is reauthorization of these authorities in their current form. we look forward to working with you to insure the speedy enactment of legislation reauthorizing the fisa amendments act so there is no interrupgs in our ability to use...
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dock it right now involves a question whether particular individuals with the procedures firms the fisa amendment along with the big ticket case. they have not gone into the detainee case that the supreme court is generally comfortable the way the d.c. circuit to have any indication if the supreme court is comfortable. [applause] >> i want to welcome those who just joined us to center for constitutional studies i want to welcome the c-span audience who are joining us for the lecture. name did not honor of the pittsburg o entrepreneur and industrialist of the kate institute to further the thought of the american founders. for legal scholars sam practicing attorneys with constitutional issues. the first lecture was unconstitutional given by ginsberg of the d.c. circuit. since then and has been subjects ranging from property rights progressivism and is subject of last year's speech which was of the sa of the supreme court review that has just come out and you can get it by going to the qaeda web site. we begin this second decade of the lectures the honorable paul clement as one of the gift
dock it right now involves a question whether particular individuals with the procedures firms the fisa amendment along with the big ticket case. they have not gone into the detainee case that the supreme court is generally comfortable the way the d.c. circuit to have any indication if the supreme court is comfortable. [applause] >> i want to welcome those who just joined us to center for constitutional studies i want to welcome the c-span audience who are joining us for the lecture. name...
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the fisa act is scheduled to expire at the end of this year. this law gives the intelligence committee and the tools it needs to determine who terrorists communicate with, what they say, and what they may be planning. fisa strikes a balance as it allows the fbi to require intelligence about foreign terrorists abroad while preserving and protecting the civil liberties of citizens no matter where they are. i hope to hear a mueller director's vie -- hear director mueller's views on fisa. we appreciate his many years of public service. he has been an outstanding director of the api and america is safer and better because of his tenure. that concludes my opening statement. i recognize the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, chairman smith. i join you in declaring director mueller a true patriot and one committed to the rule of law and the constitution. i joined in supporting the extension of his term. now, when i first came to the house judiciary committee, the director of the fbi was j. edgar hoover. i remind you that to talk about and think abo
the fisa act is scheduled to expire at the end of this year. this law gives the intelligence committee and the tools it needs to determine who terrorists communicate with, what they say, and what they may be planning. fisa strikes a balance as it allows the fbi to require intelligence about foreign terrorists abroad while preserving and protecting the civil liberties of citizens no matter where they are. i hope to hear a mueller director's vie -- hear director mueller's views on fisa. we...
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here if i may i would like to make a point about the fisa amendments act, a lou set to expire at the end of this year. as this committee knows this law authorizes the government to collect valuable intelligence involving international terrorists and other enemies by targeting non- americans who are overseas. these provisions were carefully crafted and carefully implemented to protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans and should remain law. thirdly nctc has enhanced its focus on tactical intelligence and developing leads involving threats to the united states. we established a pursuit group, analysts from across the counterterrorism community, who have unparalleled data access and expertise. their mission is to focus on information that could lead to the discovery of threats, to connect those dots, to identify actionable leads for agencies such as the f.b.i., the department of homeland security, and the c.i.a. finally, nctc provides situational awareness and intelligence support to the broad counterterrorism community. our operation center which is co-located with the f.b.i
here if i may i would like to make a point about the fisa amendments act, a lou set to expire at the end of this year. as this committee knows this law authorizes the government to collect valuable intelligence involving international terrorists and other enemies by targeting non- americans who are overseas. these provisions were carefully crafted and carefully implemented to protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans and should remain law. thirdly nctc has enhanced its focus on...
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foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa and the patriot act are good examples of the tools that we need to know what our enemies are planning, who they are before they strike. these tools cannot be allowed to expire. the patriot act reflects a recognition that investigators charged with preventing acts of terrorism should have at least the same investigative tools as federal agents charged with targeting mobsters or health care fraud. the fourth and last national security challenge i'll mention is the rise of transnational law which poses a serious threat to american sovereignty. our government was founded on the principle that laws should be made through the democratic process, so that the people can hold their legislators accountable. the american people elect their own representatives and, therefore, control their own affairs. that's the theory. americans want the benefits of global cooperation based on widespread acceptance of useful international rules of the road, of course, but such rules, like our domestic laws, should be adopted through democratic processes that assure
foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa and the patriot act are good examples of the tools that we need to know what our enemies are planning, who they are before they strike. these tools cannot be allowed to expire. the patriot act reflects a recognition that investigators charged with preventing acts of terrorism should have at least the same investigative tools as federal agents charged with targeting mobsters or health care fraud. the fourth and last national security challenge i'll...
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who have been here and engaged in debate with respect to important items such as the patriot act and fisa. and one of the things we have attempted to assure our constituents was that we would ensure that the constitutional rights of americans would not be trampled upon as we carry out the appropriate -- appropriate responsibility of protecting this country and our constituents against terrorist attacks. that requires us to provide active oversight over the executive branch. similarly in this case we have an obligation to stand in the shoes of those we represent, to oversee the operations of the executive branch, in this case the department of justice, to ensure that they are following the law. one manner in which that can be frustrated is by a department, in this case the department of justice, that refuses to respond to lawful subpoenas and give us the information so that we can do that oversight. that is what we were talking about. this congress, this house of representatives, was misled. i don't know what it was -- whether it was intentional or not. i do know we were misled by a repres
who have been here and engaged in debate with respect to important items such as the patriot act and fisa. and one of the things we have attempted to assure our constituents was that we would ensure that the constitutional rights of americans would not be trampled upon as we carry out the appropriate -- appropriate responsibility of protecting this country and our constituents against terrorist attacks. that requires us to provide active oversight over the executive branch. similarly in this...
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senator obama opposes the law but later changes his mind and votes for the amendment to the fisa act. the fisa act not only legitimate did everything president bush had told -- almost everything president bush had told me to do under the article to authorities as commander-in-chief, but in fact gave the national security agency a great deal more authority to do these kind of things. sorry, that is a long involved segue to come back to the point as contentious as the was, as bitter as the fighting law in 2005, when the story broke, legislation was passed three years later model the legitimate expenses. why? because frankly i think we've got powerful agreement that we have to do things differently. i made the point of the continuity between the 33rd and 34th president. obviously there are differences, the most primary difference. president obama became president in one promised to close guantanamo is something he was not able to do but he also closed down the cia black sites where we held the al qaeda senior leadership for interrogation under special rules by president bush. that is a l
senator obama opposes the law but later changes his mind and votes for the amendment to the fisa act. the fisa act not only legitimate did everything president bush had told -- almost everything president bush had told me to do under the article to authorities as commander-in-chief, but in fact gave the national security agency a great deal more authority to do these kind of things. sorry, that is a long involved segue to come back to the point as contentious as the was, as bitter as the...
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we look forward to the speedy enactment of the legislation of reauthorization of the fisa amendments. i will end the biggest in more i began and then i will turn it over to general burgess. the fiscal environment we face will require the intelligence community to consider the challenges we focus on and the risks we must mutually assume. with that, i thank you and members of the committee for your dedication to the security of our nation and support of our men and women of the intelligence community and your attention here today. with that, i will stop and turn it over to general burgess. >> thank you, director clapper. general burgess. >> chairman levin ranking member mccain, other members of the committee, i want to thank you for the opportunity to join my friend and colleague director clapper, and recognize the members of the intelligence community. i would like to begin with operations in afghanistan, where we assess that persisted corruption and deficiencies in the army and police forces undermine efforts to extend effective governance and security. the afghan army remains reliant
we look forward to the speedy enactment of the legislation of reauthorization of the fisa amendments. i will end the biggest in more i began and then i will turn it over to general burgess. the fiscal environment we face will require the intelligence community to consider the challenges we focus on and the risks we must mutually assume. with that, i thank you and members of the committee for your dedication to the security of our nation and support of our men and women of the intelligence...
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they understand, just as you do, these bigfoot and fisa that because. >> host: move on. i'm going to move on to iran. once again, put your recent column, how to seek sanctions, not lost. since you're arguing for sanctions, global network expels as many as 30 of iran's banks. this is global network called swift but decided for worldwide intervention, which states expelled as many as 30 of our rain financial institutions crippling their ability to conduct international business and further isolating the country. the story notes for the first time it has taken such a drastic step of how important is that? >> guest: this was a big story, susan, because swift, essentially the payment system for international banking, it's like the world financial central nervous system, and if swift cuts you off, your ability to transact basic business becomes much, much harder. you have to plug into other remote outlets, if you can. if you're iran, to see if you can finance transactions through the uae, through other neighbors. and that's when a time when the u.s. will be exerting strong pre
they understand, just as you do, these bigfoot and fisa that because. >> host: move on. i'm going to move on to iran. once again, put your recent column, how to seek sanctions, not lost. since you're arguing for sanctions, global network expels as many as 30 of iran's banks. this is global network called swift but decided for worldwide intervention, which states expelled as many as 30 of our rain financial institutions crippling their ability to conduct international business and further...
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we need to do fisa, our intelligence gathering apparatus. we need to do the defense authorization bill. we have to do something on spending. i hope the republicans move, so we can get that done. we are going to work on this community banking thing. that covers most everything. i may have missed a thing or two, but that is generally. christmas is two weeks from today. >> [indiscernible] >> i am sorry. what is that? >> the republican support on the -- >> they said what? >> [indiscernible] >> you know, this is -- everyone, listen to this. we suddenly have republican votes on internet poker. two weeks before christmas, without being vulgar, what the hell? that was too vulgar. >> for people watching this common [indiscernible] in the time we have left, in terms of getting something done? >> we can do things very quickly. but this is not something we can do easily, at least as far as bill-drafting goes. until we hear something from the republicans, there is nothing to draft. we can get things done quickly. i think it is going to be extremely diffi
we need to do fisa, our intelligence gathering apparatus. we need to do the defense authorization bill. we have to do something on spending. i hope the republicans move, so we can get that done. we are going to work on this community banking thing. that covers most everything. i may have missed a thing or two, but that is generally. christmas is two weeks from today. >> [indiscernible] >> i am sorry. what is that? >> the republican support on the -- >> they said what?...
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under this proposal the fisa would pay for a portion of the premium of a private sector supplement the product of the growers elected one in lieu of either or else see. the cost of the reinsurance or administrative operating fees that are paid to approve insurance providers in the federal crop insurance program. that means that these private sector options would be cheaper and should bring down the cost of the program. we are working to determine the correct score initially cbo projected a minimum cost for this amendment based on the believe that will not entice the kroger's to participate that would not have been otherwise so. in practice the programs have been in high participation rate since they are free or heavily subsidized so the growers may select even if it is not the best coverage and getting a private sector option shouldn't result in dirty money purchase of pence it should bring on balance the cost down for these programs. i shall also knows that we have built in strict eligibility standards for private sector companies that wish to participate and oversight responsibilitie
under this proposal the fisa would pay for a portion of the premium of a private sector supplement the product of the growers elected one in lieu of either or else see. the cost of the reinsurance or administrative operating fees that are paid to approve insurance providers in the federal crop insurance program. that means that these private sector options would be cheaper and should bring down the cost of the program. we are working to determine the correct score initially cbo projected a...
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i could die peacefully fisa that happen and everyone of us should feel the same way about this matter. i would put the focus first on the adults who are now having grandchildren and were part of that original earth day. wake up and become a part of the search and fight for your children's future. i don't know of a single parent who would knowingly trash their kids future and yet that is what we are all doing. everyone of us are doing that. the second thing is think kids on college campuses need to get fired up. this is your future. the opportunities here for green jobs. i think we can see an explosion of jobs are good infuriates me the very people that are saying where are these green jobs are the same people that lock the passage of the climate bill which would have created all these green jobs by putting a price on carbon. for goodness sakes let's get back to the conversation and i think that conversation is going to require young people he's future hangs in the balance to stand up and give voice to this important matter. this is a democracy and its hours and it's ours to keep and i
i could die peacefully fisa that happen and everyone of us should feel the same way about this matter. i would put the focus first on the adults who are now having grandchildren and were part of that original earth day. wake up and become a part of the search and fight for your children's future. i don't know of a single parent who would knowingly trash their kids future and yet that is what we are all doing. everyone of us are doing that. the second thing is think kids on college campuses need...
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here's another case that deals with the constitutionality of fisa. guest: the foreign intelligence surveillance act to try to balance the needs of the intelligence gathering with the privacy rights of individuals. it has set a looser standard t. if the government wants to put somebody in jail, they have to meet higher standards. if they are doing it for intelligence but not intending to prosecute them, they have had an easier time of getting permission to use wiretaps. after 9/11, the bush administration doing some controversial actions regarding wiretapping and electronic surveillance. congress authorized an expanded power to wiretap without warrants suspected foreign intelligence agents overseas. the question is while millions overseas are not entitled, american citizens are. what happens if they are listening to a phone line of somebody overseas who is likely to be listening to an attorney or journalist with they recognize privilege for confidentiality? it is so easy to get one of these secret wiretapping warrants that we never know if we're being
here's another case that deals with the constitutionality of fisa. guest: the foreign intelligence surveillance act to try to balance the needs of the intelligence gathering with the privacy rights of individuals. it has set a looser standard t. if the government wants to put somebody in jail, they have to meet higher standards. if they are doing it for intelligence but not intending to prosecute them, they have had an easier time of getting permission to use wiretaps. after 9/11, the bush...
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the clerk: an act to med a the fisa amendments act of 200 for five years. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings, madam president. officer objection is heard. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: for months i believe mitt romney wants to be president of all the united states. this week we learned mitt romney only wants to be president of half the united states. if mitt romney were president, he wouldn't waste time worrying about the 47% of americans who he believes are victims, who romney believes are unwilling to take personal responsibility, and those are his words, madam president, not mine. he'll only worry about how the other half lives, i guess. that's what mitt romney told a group of wealthy donors at a closed-door fund-raiser in florida a month or so ago. but it turns out it wasn't closed. someone video taped every word he said to his wealthy donors. but this is, among other things, what he said. this is a quote. "there are 47% who are dependent upon government, who believe that they
the clerk: an act to med a the fisa amendments act of 200 for five years. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings, madam president. officer objection is heard. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: for months i believe mitt romney wants to be president of all the united states. this week we learned mitt romney only wants to be president of half the united states. if mitt romney were president, he wouldn't waste time worrying...
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trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize that in comparison to the sort of free-market principles which i understand that you are advocating? >> well, you know, it's interesting on the topic today of the trickle-down economics i have to admit that there is no respectable economist i know of that advocates anything close to the trickle-down economics. so perhaps we are in agreement here. they're really isn't a school or academic journal that publishes regularly or teaches the students that what we ought to be doing is from the top down directing resources to the wealthy somehow in the hopes they will turn around and spend that. there is a wel
trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize...
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the obama administration would be surprised, since they said that the fisa amendments, which we passed on this floor with 301 positive votes was the number one priority for the administration in the area of intelligence. in the aftermath of what happened just a couple of weeks ago, one would think that we would understand the seriousness of intelligence. and that which is the greatest tool, according to the d.n.i. currently and previous d.n.i.'s. that tool which got strong bipartisan support was, indeed, an important thing for us to do here. we had three free trade agreements that we finally approved. they have been waiting around for a number of years. the consensus is they create jobs in this economy and give us a fair playing field in which our workers can compete. we had a transportation bill that we passed. we dealt with student loans, the interests paid on student loans and i would say for two years in a row, we have, in fact, spent less on discretionary spending than we did the preceding year. that's the first time we have done that in a generation. there are other things i coul
the obama administration would be surprised, since they said that the fisa amendments, which we passed on this floor with 301 positive votes was the number one priority for the administration in the area of intelligence. in the aftermath of what happened just a couple of weeks ago, one would think that we would understand the seriousness of intelligence. and that which is the greatest tool, according to the d.n.i. currently and previous d.n.i.'s. that tool which got strong bipartisan support...
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explain why the rail companies this month on some of the busiest commuter routes have increased their fisa by up to 11%? >> the power was given them to do that by the last labor government -- labour government. >> ed miliband. >> no, mr. speaker. no, mr. speaker. the last labour government stopped them from doing that. this minister when it came to office reversed that policy. that is why, that is why the companies are not able to do that. that is why someone traveling from northampton to london when see a rise of over 300 pounds. will he stand up for trade companies, get a better deal, and changes policy? >> i know there was a difficult start to the year, but he has made it worse by getting it wrong. labour, in 2009, about fare increases of up to 11%, because they introduce the idea of flexibility. what was the case in 2009 is the case today, but i think the key issue is this. there are only two places that money for the railways can come from. it can come from the taxpayer, or it can come from the traveler. the question is are we going to put money in investments, and this government is.
explain why the rail companies this month on some of the busiest commuter routes have increased their fisa by up to 11%? >> the power was given them to do that by the last labor government -- labour government. >> ed miliband. >> no, mr. speaker. no, mr. speaker. the last labour government stopped them from doing that. this minister when it came to office reversed that policy. that is why, that is why the companies are not able to do that. that is why someone traveling from...
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trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize that in comparison to the sort of free-market principles which i understand that you are advocating? >> well, you know, it's interesting on the topic today of the trickle-down economics i have to admit that there is no respectable economist i know of that advocates anything close to the trickle-down economics. so perhaps we are in agreement here. they're really isn't a school or academic journal that publishes regularly or teaches the students that what we ought to be doing is from the top down directing resources to the wealthy somehow in the hopes they will turn around and spend that. there is a wel
trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize...
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can complete the extremely important defense authorization bill today, and we're moving forward on fisa today. we're going to move forward one way or the other. i hope that we can get an agreement to move forward on it. if not, we will go forward without an agreement. we will need everyone to pay attention, as they always do, but maybe more so today, because a lot of things are going on here, and people need to understand that we have things to do. we want to be able to get home for a few days for christmas, even though we will be back on the thursday after christmas. mr. president, i'm going to take a few minutes today to honor my colleague, the senior senator from new mexico, jeff bingaman, as he retires from a long career of service to our country. for 30 years, senator bingaman has been a dedicated representative of the people of new mexico, but for those -- for 26 of those years, he was a junior senior from new mexico. the only person that i know of that was a junior senator longer than senator bingaman was fritz hollings. he was a junior senator for many, many decades to strom thu
can complete the extremely important defense authorization bill today, and we're moving forward on fisa today. we're going to move forward one way or the other. i hope that we can get an agreement to move forward on it. if not, we will go forward without an agreement. we will need everyone to pay attention, as they always do, but maybe more so today, because a lot of things are going on here, and people need to understand that we have things to do. we want to be able to get home for a few days...
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we need to do fisa, intelligence gathering apparatus. we need to do the defense authorization bill. we have to do something on spend, i hope, if the republicans move to we can get that done. we're going to work on this community banking thing now. so that covers most everything. i may have missed a thing or two but that's the general idea. christmas is two weeks from today. >> [inaudible] >> they said the support for the legislation -- >> you know this is -- everyone listen to this. we suddenly have republican votes on internet poker. two weeks before christmas. without being vulgar, what the hell would i put it on? that wasn't too vulgar. >> for people watching the process, cowl you describe what's possible with the fiscal cliff in the time we have left? >> we can do things very quickly. but this is not something we can do easily. it's -- at least as far as bill drafting goes. but until we hear something from the republicans, there's nothing to draft. so we can get things done quickly. i think it's going to be extremely difficult to get it done before christmas. but it could be don
we need to do fisa, intelligence gathering apparatus. we need to do the defense authorization bill. we have to do something on spend, i hope, if the republicans move to we can get that done. we're going to work on this community banking thing now. so that covers most everything. i may have missed a thing or two but that's the general idea. christmas is two weeks from today. >> [inaudible] >> they said the support for the legislation -- >> you know this is -- everyone listen to...
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the clerk: h.r. 3949, an act to extend the fisa amendments act of 2008 for five years. mr. durbin: i now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the title of the bill will be read again on the second legislative day. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on monday, september 17, 2012, for a pro forma session. that following that, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, september 19, 2012. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning business be deemed expired and the time reserved for their use later in the day. that the majority leader be recognized and following the remarks of the two leaders, the senate resume consideration of s., the veteran jobs corps act. the motion to waive the budget act with respect to the substitute amendment, the majority leader, be recognized. following his remarks, the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the
the clerk: h.r. 3949, an act to extend the fisa amendments act of 2008 for five years. mr. durbin: i now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the title of the bill will be read again on the second legislative day. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on monday, september 17, 2012, for a pro forma session. that...
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>> their surveillance authorities in the fisa a minute are critical to our national security. on a daily basis, it is a critical tool that we have in keeping the american people safe. the administration strongly supports the reauthorization and hope it occurs well before the end of the year so the certainty that is needed by the men and women in our intelligence community will have some degree of assuredness that those schools will remain there and that our fight against those who do harm to the united states can continue. >> i also want to thank you for your enormous help and the help of the fbi with respect to national security. the fbi now has some 15,000 people located around the united states, essentially doing intelligence work. that transition has been effectively made. corrector moeller at a worldwide threat hearing indicated to us that in the past year there have been 20 arrests in the united states of people in this country planning or participating in attempted terrorist attack. as you mentioned in your recent testimony, amar farooque abdul mutallab was recently sen
>> their surveillance authorities in the fisa a minute are critical to our national security. on a daily basis, it is a critical tool that we have in keeping the american people safe. the administration strongly supports the reauthorization and hope it occurs well before the end of the year so the certainty that is needed by the men and women in our intelligence community will have some degree of assuredness that those schools will remain there and that our fight against those who do harm...
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it's a fisa amendment act, known as the faa. it allows the federal government to eavesdrop on conversations between americans and people around the world without a warrant, only a certification what they're doing is legal. so no individualized warrant going to a court saying we want to eavesdrop on x. we want to look at e-mail. we want to hear cell phone calls. we want to hear land line calls. and what the federal government has the capacity to do and it all goes to a place in virginia, is look at entire in boxes of people that they suspect have connections to al-qaeda, other terrorist organizations, and so the aclu says, hands off. no more, stop doing this. there is a case in the united states supreme court and now the senate is looking to whether extends this house said five years. it's necessary. >> steve: there are a couple of senators, and this is bipartisan, opposition to widen. oregon and utah. what is their opposition? >> they're saying, who is part of the so-called dragnet? who has been dragged? in what are the identiti
it's a fisa amendment act, known as the faa. it allows the federal government to eavesdrop on conversations between americans and people around the world without a warrant, only a certification what they're doing is legal. so no individualized warrant going to a court saying we want to eavesdrop on x. we want to look at e-mail. we want to hear cell phone calls. we want to hear land line calls. and what the federal government has the capacity to do and it all goes to a place in virginia, is look...